Social Networks, Belonging and Active Citizenship among Migrant Youth in Australia

该项目将重点关注最近关于移民融合、跨文化冲突和社会凝聚力的辩论中心的三个澳大利亚移民社区的青年。它将调查正式和非正式网络在使流动青年产生对主流社会的归属感方面的作用。该项目弥补了公众和官方对澳大利亚社会结构理解的重大差距，并将为改善移民青年领域的政府和社区服务提供基准数据。它将审查和评估社会网络在告知年轻人归属感和积极参与公民社区方面的作用。

This project will focus on youth from three Australian migrant communities at the centre of recent debates about migrant integration, intercultural conflict and social cohesion. It will investigate the role of formal and informal networks in creating among migrant youth a sense of belonging to the mainstream society. The project redresses a critical gap in popular and official understandings of the social fabric of Australia and will provide benchmark data for improved government and community services in the area of migrant youth. It will examine and assess the role of social networks in informing young people's sense of belonging and active participation in the community of citizens.